• Sused@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    13·
    2 years ago

    Use software like shutupwin10 or various other open source debloat scripts to remove a shit-ton of annoying features in windows. Or, as lemmy galaxy-brains would have it, JuSt uSe LiNuX

    • miridius@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Yeah then instead of spending seconds closing a popup you can spend days troubleshooting driver issues

      • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        What driver issues? Granted, some hardware has driver issues, but loads (most, even, considering all the legacy hardware that is supported?) hardware is installed easier than on windows as it simply works without installing a blue ray worth of bloatware to get a printer to work , it simply works out of the box.

        I’ve used Linux for over 20 years now for my desktops and laptops with a wide variety of hardware and software and yeah, I’ve had some issues here and there but nothing as bad as windows. Ignoring Nvidia cards specifically, last time I had a driver issue was… over 5 years ago? 7 maybe?

        Grantedz it’s a personal anecdote, but still. Linux “never working due to drivers” is something that want even an issue anymore since over 10-15 years ago.

        These days even most (if not all) games work on Linux as well. There is a reason why even Microsoft uses Linux for their shitty Azure platform

    • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
      22·
      2 years ago

      I’m really surprised people still run windows. Sure, it works, but it’s really really annoying.

      But yes, people don’t care, I know.

      • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Linux works too, similar general issues as windows, it’s just not annoying, spying, adserving or limiting you what you can do

      • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
        11·
        2 years ago

        Mostly, people don’t know. They get annoyed but don’t know that windows is the root cause of those annoyances.

      • ImpossibleRubiksCube@programming.devEnglish
        11·
        2 years ago

        I’ve said before that leaving Windows is like leaving an abusive family-- you don’t know how bad it was until you’re looking back at it with perspective

  • Mio@feddit.nuEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Om Windows 10 you have the option to turn off showing news about new features. I guess it would cover this. Try Google it.

  • gamer@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Write a complaint to the CMA about Microsoft’s anti-competitive and anti-consumer behavior.

    • Morphit @feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Chrome doesn’t have anything to do with it. The popup is an executable Microsoft installed and ran without asking. I use Firefox and it still popped up.

  • ZombieTheZombieCat@lemm.eeEnglish
    21·
    2 years ago

    Bing has honestly been a lot better for me than google. I refused to use it for so long because it was just a joke when it first came out. But I started not being able to find any decent search results on google and the entire first page is now ads versus just the first few results. Bing also has an AI thing that will just give you a straight answer to a question and links to where it found it. I’d say to give it a try.

    • madnerds@midwest.socialEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I switched to Bing a few months ago and really like it. It does suck how much Microsoft shoves their shit in your face tho.

    • jetsetdorito@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I really hate how results open in a new tab, if you change the option it’ll get reset eventually since it’s saved to a cookie instead of your account. The rewards system is cool though, I’ve gotten like 500k+ points lifetime